Brodtmann v. Cooper

Plaintiff sues solidarily Cooper, a real estate broker, and the New Amsterdam Casualty Company, surety on his bond, under Act 236 of 1920, for $2000 of which $1500 is alleged to be an unreturned cash deposit on the purchase price of a lot of ground at Vincent and Lopez streets, in this city, for which title was never given, and the. additional sum of $500 as attorney’s fees.

Cooper answered admitting receipt of the $1500 from plaintiff, but denied it was the cash deposit on purchase price of lot. He averred that it had been paid on a contract for the erection of a residence on the lot at…